308 is my 23.
308 on the computer clock
#threezeroeight

MOTHER FUCKING DONE!!! 5 months, 55,998 words and just under 200 pages, the first draft is DONE! Now to print it and give it to my beloved to read, and then fix up any issues and then get to sharing it around. WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP

And already working on the second book ;) #CozyFantasy #QueerAuthor

More places I've been writing the book, this time a very cold, very empty church.
#QueerWriter #CosyFantasy #QueerFantasy

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Ok, so what do you do when youre about halfway writing through your first novel and you have a blindingly good idea for the second one. Shush, ADHD, I gotta finish this one first... #QueerWriter #QueerFantasy #BookTwoComingAtYou

I dont understand why the world is so obsessed with this

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And, in response, ive spent about a week trying to figure out how to describe my MC on the first page to show they're a goblin without it seeming awkward or wedged in, until it occured to me, just say they're a goblin. People know what a goblin is! #CosyFantasy #QueerFantasy #CozyFantasy

Read a not-great 'cosy' fantasy (spolier alert- two unnamed women dead from DV does NOT a #CosyFantasy make)& it was 6 pages on the MC before it was mentioned she had blue skin. 6 pages is too late,Ive already got my solid image of her in my head. #TheSpellShop by #SarahBethDurst- give it a miss

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I'm finding myself taking tiny moments from the book I'm writing & putting them around the house, so I'm surrounded by the world as I figure my way through the story. There are now glasses of marbles at some of the windows, throwing stained glass colours on the floors #CosyFantasy #QueerAuthor

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Weird sentances you find yourself thinking in the shower while writing a fantasy book: "How do we feel about gnomes?" #CosyFantasy #QueerWriter

Trans women are women.
Trans men are men.

Fuck Harry Potter.

Im so gutted, but now im looking at it like some kinda game show challenge to find the new perfect opener. Is hard, but learning to #KillYourDarlings is super important! I learned it years ago with a theatre prop i made, spent about 7 hours making it, but it just didn't work and we had to nix it.

Needing a court ruling to determine what gender is sure is making it feel it less like a construct

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I chaired a panel at #ClunesBooktown today on Regional #QueerWriters. It was a really lovely and affirming panel and we had one of the audience members in tears. In a good way! Ive come home super energised to continue writing but also knackered. So, it might have to wait til tomorrow instead

In other news, I've started writing a novel. Because that's a thing I havent done yet. Its kinda adorable and I'm loving the world building. Queer #CosyFantasy, cause Im tired of the Fortold One, I wanna follow the NPCs. Shout out to all the Cosy Fantasy authors who inspired me to start it.

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TFW you write the perfect, PERFECT opening paragraph, but then the storyline changes and the opening paragraph doesn't fit anymore. It's SO DAMN GOOD and it's now so damn irrelevant

Graf spotted on a building near my work #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe

November 20th marks #TransDayofRemembrance, which first took place on this day in 1999 🏳️‍⚧️

As we mourn and remember trans lives taken by violence this year, we'd like to share some pieces from HW's #transhistory archive 🧵👇 1/8

#queerhistory #transliberation

Tweet that says if your concern with trans women is that men might claim to self-ID as trans to gain access to women’s spaces and assault them, then your problem is actually with predatory men and not trans women.

All of this.

#MuseumOfShadows

DELIGHTED to see you on bluesky my tiny boney friend! 💀🥰

So in the midst of all this horror & heartbreak, I'm researching people from 1800-1900 who can be viewed as LGBTQIA+ from Victorian (the Aus state not the time period) papers. It's actually really affirming. There are LOADS of reports of people just like us, from all around the world.

Beautiful, thank you!

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Pasteups in support of Trans Youth spotted in Calgary, Alberta

I've seen a number of traditional third genders from all over the world and theyre usually feminine AMAB people. Does anyone know of any traditional third genders that are AFAB people moving into more masc roles?

A black and white cat lies in a cardboard box by the window. She is staring at the camera, looking unimpressed

There's a project comin to town that interviews queer folks about their life experiences & I considered signing up but I'm just too tired to go through all that shit again. Or maybe its just cause my cat woke me up every couple of hours last night demanding pats. Maybe I'll feel different tomorrow?

So bananas for the menopausal portion of the world to blame the less than half of 1.5% of the world for a shortage of HRT hormones.

I was in our local national art gallery and there was an excellent museum bum in a painting. I told the curator enthusastically all about museum bums, not only did she all ready know about it, but she thinks that particular bum might already be in the book! Heading to the library next to check...

Australian War Memorial collection Explore Australian War Memorial collection’s 279 photos on Flickr!

@catsofyore.bsky.social I was on the Australian War Memorial's Flicker page today and it made me think of you - so many photos of cats (and some dogs and possums and the odd koalas or two) www.flickr.com/photos/austr...

trans.au launches November 14! A community-led national directory of trans and gender diverse services and community groups 300 submissions approved! trans.au

We just hit 300 community submissions approved! We're always looking for more and you can submit them on our website! We're only getting started as we prepare for launch at 9AM on the 14th of November!